Flipped Mantis

[Ken Childs]

It's been a crazy busy spring and summer so I haven't had much time for fun with my camera. The exception has been taking pics of bugs at night that are attracted to my moth sheet setup.

Here's what the original looks like.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Creatures of the Night/IMG_7867.jpg

[Brendan Dozier]

Great to see you posting, Ken, and awesome creative flip transformation of this Mantis! Wonderful freakish looking alien. He wants to speak to the people of earth, and I'm afraid the news is not good...
Well done!

[Paul Lagasi]

Ken, lovely image, weird looking creature. Glad to have you back..I got my first every glimpse of one of these a few weeks ago..

[denise ippolito]

Ken, Nice to see you posting again. Very cool looking flip. I love Praying Mantis and this morphed version really is wild. I like the nice earth tones.

[John Storjohann]

This definitely reminds me of something out "Men in Black"...a distant relative to one of those critters we first saw when Z got a cup of coffee when trying to recruit J.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Ken, welcome back Definitely "Men in Black" and cool flip.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Ken, good OOTB thinking to flip this guy into the bizarre creature presented! I really like how the bg came out with the flip. You could maybe add a bit of sharpening to the critter. Nice job!

[Andrew McLachlan]

HI Ken, glad to see you back in OOTB and with another one of your very cool flips too! This one is awesome!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ken,
Definitely looks like a "men in Black" character! Very cool!